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Red Shift

A red-shift in the light from a star shows that the distance between us and the star is increasing. The bigger the red-shift the faster the star is moving away.
Student: "Teacher what is red shift?"
Teacher: "Red shift is the wavelength of the light that is stretched, so the light is seen as 'shifted' towards the red part of the spectrum. "
by Dr. Annole March 21, 2023
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National Shifting Day

Hey did you here what day it was today?
No what is it
National Shifting Day!
Dude I’m going to Hogwarts see you
by rarathelion November 10, 2020
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shift cripple

term, which describes little 93'-kiddies, who don't know when to hit the shift-button on their keyboard. These kids mostly use abbreviations like ILY and/or lysm.
kid writes on yahoo: "i loVe YoU sO mUCh!"
I reply: "You's a shift cripple"
by Pop the cherry April 4, 2009
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The great Fortnite shift

A phenomenon that occurred between mid to late 2022 where a lot of people online changed their opinions on Fortnite from being hated to being beloved again.
“I used to hate Fortnite before the great Fortnite shift, after realizing that I’ve missed on the fun from all the stuff that happened from 2020-2023.”
by Startupedition May 18, 2025
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stride shift

The amazingly long-lasting gum from Stride that changes flavors. The pattern goes something like this:
Berry--> Mint--> Shit
Its suprisingly good, up until the berry get too entense and the mint becomes to strong. Then it tastes pretty bad.
Hey, have you tried this gum? It's called Stride Shift. I'll try it. Mmm, berries! Oh, cool! It tastes minty now! Woah. What the fuck? This is awful!
by FTWProne June 29, 2010
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shift+search+l

Trick you can irritate your friends with if they have a Chromebook, the shortcut causes their Chromebook to go to homepage where after they'll have to type their password to get back to the page they were first. But this trick is way less powerful then the almighty trick "ctrl+shift+qq"
Student 1: How's it goingggg?
Student 2: Look there.
Student 2: "taps shift+search+l"
Student 1: Aw come on man, why do you have to be so irritating?
Student 3: Sneaks a "ctrl+shift+qq" while they're arguing.
Student 2: Oh come on man, now we'll have to log all the way back in to get back to where we were in our history project.
Student 1: If it's all gone, you're done for student 3.
by Rish-the_dictionarist November 23, 2024
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